She learned late Saturday that his vote was one of the 44 overseas ballots which had been tossed out by the Duval County canvassing board. Krug passed that information along to her husband when they spoke briefly on Sunday.

''My husband is risking his life for our right to vote,'' Krug said in a news conference outside her Jacksonville apartment.

''He did not have a say in whether or not his ballot received a postmark,'' she said, adding that he had mailed it from the aircraft carrier, which is now in the Adriatic Sea.

Krug, 29, declined to discuss her political affiliation and wouldn't say which candidate her husband supported in the presidential race. When asked if she voted in the election, she replied, ''I can't discuss it.''